Dominicus v. Dependable Fuel Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Dominicus v. Dependable Fuel Corp.

257 A.D. 859, 12 N.Y.S.2d 700, 1939 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8187

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided May 29, 1939·Published

Opinion

In an action for damages for personal injuries to infant plaintiff occasioned by the defendants’ conceded negligence, judgment reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, unless within ten days from the entry of the order hereon plaintiffs stipulate to reduce the verdict in the infant’s ease to the sum of $5,000, in which event the judgment, as so reduced, is unanimously affirmed, without costs. In the opinion of the court the verdict in the infant’s case was excessive. Lazansky,

P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Adel and Close, JJ., concur.

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In an action for damages for personal injuries to infant plaintiff occasioned by the defendants’ conceded negligence, judgment reversed on the facts and a new trial granted, with costs to abide the event, unless within ten days from the entry of the order hereon plaintiffs stipulate to reduce the verdict in the infant’s ease to the sum of $5,000, in which event the judgment, as so reduced, is unanimously affirmed, without costs. In the opinion of the court the verdict in the infant’s case was excessive. Lazansky,

P. J., Hagarty, Carswell, Adel and Close, JJ., concur.

Dominicus v. Dependable Fuel Corp., 257 A.D. 859, 12 N.Y.S.2d 700, 1939 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8187 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1939).

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